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Voi~~~ viI MA N NING,6 S. C.. WVEDNESDAY, MIARCH 4 81 O 1
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN M!N
ERS KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Springhill. Nova Ncotia. Thrown into
Sl4urning-Several of the Bodii Fear
fully 31utilated-Fift-thre Widow..
and 157 Children L.ft VUirovided tor.
SP RINGHILL. M1_Is. N. S., 2eb.l.
--An exploionl ocIurred in the mI:es of
this place ) esterdav. At midlniht one
tv-four bodies have been recovered. and
the total numbcr vf dead is thouaht to
be 117. A largely at tended public meet
in was lielI last evean-n and arranaZc
ments for 2 pubici iuneral on Tuesday
were completed.- Chief Inspector Gill
in arrived yesterday mornimg, accompa
nied by Madden and went down into the
mine. ir. Gilpin says so far as the evi
dence shows the explosien occurred im
either No. 7or 6 balances,'and that the
force of the explosion in these balances
is very great. Most of the timbers were
knocked ou:. allowing the roof to fall,
breaking boxes and mutilating men and
horses. Tow small tires were smoulder
ing in the debris, but wert. cxtinguished
at once without any difficulty by the
searching party.
The explosion, Mr. Gilpin says, did
very little damage to property in No. 7
slope, bavig extended but a short dis
tance beN cnd the tunnel, and all the
deaths in that slope were from suffoca
tion by fire (lamp. Manager Swift was
atfthe bottom of No. 1 slope about fifteen
mnutes before the explosion occurred,
and intimated to one of the roadsmen
that he was going into the place were
the explosion occurred. He has not
been seen since; probably his body will
be recovered when some of the debrIs is
cleared up.
A boy named Boaton heard the ex
plosion and rushed off to the place where
he knew his brother was at work and
succeeded in carrying him out unin
jured. His heroism is one of the chief
topics of conversation. There - were
plenty of volunteers to search for all the
bodies. Men who came to the pit as
spectators divested thernselves of their
coats and unhesitatingly went to the
rescue of their fellow workmen. Many
ghastly scenes were to be seen, both on
the surface and underground. Several
of the bodies were so fearfully mutilated
that they were placed in bags and
brought up to the surface.
The explosion is more disastrous to
life than any other in the history of coal
mining on this continent, It is a singu
lar coincidence that the loss of life
equals that of both the Ford pit and
Drummond colliery explosions. The
number of lives lost at the Ford pit was
fifty-three, and Drummond sixty-four.
The list of dead reaches 119, of whom
fifty-four were married, forty single and
twenty-five boys. - Ninety-seven bodies
have been taken out; 161 children were
orphaned. A good deal of distress
prevails. No explanation of the acci
dent can be given. The mine is being
put in order no resume operations Wed
nesday. The damage to the property
is comparatively small. The following
.appeal has been issued :
"To the Tublic: A mining disaster.
attended with fatal results unparalleled
in the history of the Canadian mines.
has fallen on the town and people of
Springhill, N. S. The loss of lie is
probably as great as the combined ap
palling losses at the Drummond and
Ford pit explosions. About 119 lives
were lost: fifty-four widows have been
left behind and 161 children made
fatherless.
'"The widows and fatherless will need
abundant assistance, and that promptly
from a public shocked and horrified by
this terrible calamity. Seventy thousand
dollars will be required to meet the
demands and to alleviate the sufferings
of the bereaved and distressed during
the most pressing period of their dire
misfortune. The residents of Springill
in meeting assembled have appointed a
committee, consisting of the Mayor,
Town Council and all residence ciergy,
to solicit and acknowledae subscription
to the Springhill relief iund, and they
::onfidently and earnestli.ask for an im
mediate rcsponse from persons of all
denominations, societies, trades, gumlds
and nationahities. Willam Hali, Mayor,
A. McLeod, Secretary."
Horrors oftThe Mines.
HAZELTON, Pa., Feb. 23.-Five of
the miners entombed in slope No. 1 at
Jeanesville were taken out alive to-night
after being eighteen days shut in the
bowels of the' earth, These with the
thirteen bodies already found make
eighteen me~n, the exact number given
in these dispatches on the day of the
accident. How they survived is a
miracle. Nothing like it has been knowni
or heard of in the anthracite coal iields
of Pennsylv annia. All are H~ungarians.
The men were all found together barely
alive, and all but one too weak to be
moyed. None ot them could ialk ex
cept John Tomashusky and he could
only say "John much sick." Phys c as
were brought into the mine and the fouer
men were cared for where they la . Th
fifth man was wrapped in blankets-and
carried out. It is doubtful if th'e lv as
of the four can be saved, and a P regt
went mntp the mine to administer 51i1r1
tual consolation. No story can as yet
be obtained from Tomnaskusky.
Frightened to Deata.
CLINTON, Mo.. Feb.19t.-N rs. M. Trol
linger of Leesville died yesterday from
fright. She was sitting in a wagon
watching her son cut down a tree. The
tree fell towards the waon and the
boy called to his mother to get out of
the way. She seemed unable to move.
The tree crashed down just behind the
wagon without touching Mrs. Troliim
ger, bt she fell over dead. P'hvsielans
examined the body and say they f ound
no sign of the woman havmng b. en hit.
They assign the cause to pralysis of
the heart._____ __
.The Coosaw Opened to All.
CoIXtIm1A, Feb. 18.-TLP phospL ate
commission met to-day anrd urred
that the Coosaw river be openred to h
general rights of mmning. In~ r-zont.rt
this territory has been minedl ex't-osive
ly by the Ccosaw company, which ob
taned control of the river under
lease from another company n~ host
charter expired in 1691. Sulscquently
the Coosaw company obtained legishri
tive action rt cognlizing lihem dirctly
and the ambiguous nording of the act
may be the basis for the comnpan.ly !
claim a more extended lease. T hi
board also passed a rerolution ordermnt
the royalty to be increased a1.ove SJ
per ton, beginning six months 1ro:r
dt. Killed with a Club.
SAVANNAh, Feb. ?0.-T wo negroes
entered a store kept by a man nmet
Jordan at Frazier's crcssing on the Fad~
Tennessee, Virgimia arid Georgia Itail
road to-day, bent. on robbery. As dor
dan resisted they kilied him with a club
The murderers were captured and en
confessed. lie also admius beig iru
plicated in a series of robberies at iDruns
wic a few nights ago.
FA AL COLLISION UF TRAINS.
s ix i ; *d awd sev-ral lejured-The
wreck Take% Fire.
-N W Y o R, C. Feb. 2Q.-There was a
at 7 o'clock this morning be
uw t t raIns ii the Fourth ayenae
t L Eight-y-sixth street. What is
known as a "shop," consisting of empty
eLus; ii bea; drawn to the Mott Hav
cu vd uX en. fbr sonie reason as yet
uax'lanei. It came to a stoo in the
ztuane-! at Eighty-tifth street. Train
No. 10, he New Ifaveu lozal. which left
tile Grand Central Depot at 7 o'clock
this inornin in charge of Engineer
Fowler, Fireman Goodale and Conduc
tor Ge:rg-e Hutchinson, ran Into the rear
of the standlng -shop train."
(eneral Manager Toucey, of the Hud
son River and New York Central Road,
said he had. licard that three men were
killed and a number injured. lie said
1 hat after the collision a New York Cen
tral engine running light [this is without
cars attached] ran into the rear of the
New Haven train. Flames broke out a
few moments after the seconnd collision,
but they were soon gotton under control,
and the work of rescue began at 10:30
o'clock. Five dead and seven injured
have been removed. The injured were
taken to the Presbyterian Hosjital.
None of the passengers are known to be
Iamong the killed or injured. They are
all believed to be employees of the road.
The passengers in the New Haven train
were badly shaken up, but beyond some
light cuts and bruises none of them are
badly hurt. The Dassengers were taken
from the train buck to the Grand Cc
tral Depot in the EstemLz train that was
just passing at the time in the East tun
nel.
The total number of lives lost is six.
Five were taken out dead and one has
since died-all railroad employees.
Several employees were injured, but the
exact number is not yet knOwD, as a
number of them were carried home as
soon as taken out of the wreck. The
fire department soon extinguished the
flames, but both tracks of the tunnel
were blocked with the wreckage. The
rear car of the "shoP" train was crushed
like an eg shell from the hind end to
the middle, and here is where the deaths
occurred. Nobody on the New Haven
passenger train was injured, even by the
engine which ran into its rear. The
latter was derailed and burst both cylin
der heads.
The Centre of Population.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The Sup
erintendent of the Census has prepared
a bulletin giving the centre of population
of the United States together with the
movement of the centre during each
decade since 1790. The exact latitude
of the centre of the present census year
is given as 39 degrees 11 minutes and 56
seconds, longitude 85 degrees 32 min
utes and 53 seconds. at a point in South
een Indiana a little West of South of
Greensb-urz, the County seat of Decatur
County, and twenty miles East of Co
lambus. The bulletin says: "The centre
of population has clung closely to the
parallel of 39 degrees of latitude. The
most Northern point reached vas at the
start in 1790 ; the most Southern point
was in 1830-the preceding decade hav
ing witnessed a rapid development of
population in the Southwest-Alabama,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
havmng been admitted as States and
Florida annexed and organized as a Ter
ritorv. The extreme variation in lati
tude has been less than 19 minutes,
while a hundred years of record have ac
complished a movement of longitude of
nearly 95.10 degrees. The sudden ac
celeration of movement between 1850
and1860O was due to the transfer of a
considerable body of population from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast-twelve in
dividuals in San Francisco exerting as
much pressure at the pivotal point, viz.,
the crossing of the 83d meridian and 39th
parallel. as forty individuals at Boston.
Ingalls Successor.
WASuIxGTON, Feb. 18.-The sub
ject of the selection of a successor to
Senator Inaalls, who retires from the
Senate March 4, as President Pro Tem
pore is being privately discussed among
Republican Senat'ors.
It will be necessary to arrange this
matter before March 4 in order to guard
against a vacancy in the presiding offi
cers chair after that date, so a caucus of
the Republican Senators will be held
probably next week to elect Senator In
galls' successor.
~It does not appear that much effort is
making on the part of the Senators to
secure th.e pliace, and btut three names
have been put forward prominently,
which are those of Senators Platt, Hoar
and Frye.
Eighteen Engines destroyed
KANsas CITY Mo., Feb. 19.-At
10:30 last niight a careless wiper in tihe
round hiouse ~of the Cypress yards of the
Mssouri Patcitic ltailway, in Kansas
City, Kansas set tire to a bnnch of oily
waste. The fire spread rapidly, and
despite the efforts ot the fire department
consmedci thec house. The~re was eigh
teen enuines in the house and they were
aso trm)ed. Among them were the
enginen usedl in tie regular passenger
service, and the oiliails were obliged to
teleraph to Sedalia for seven engines to
tke out this morning's trains. The to
tl loss is estimated at $175,000. The
Cy pres' rounid hot.use became historic as
aplaice :-f 'e.e (during the Southwestern
strkeu of l 3.
A Detagel in Arizorna.
Yu'mt .\rizonia, Feb. 23.-Loss of life
is reriorted from Gila Valley, but no par
tinhars have been eceived. Tile South
'rn P'actie track is washed out for
wenty- four miles East of Ytuma and is
iv fee't under water. One hundred
adobe houses have been washed down
and thiree hundred people are homeless.
\luch distress prevails for the want of
food, clothin~g and shelter. The school
hoses an'd churches, convent, restau
raits and all the stores but one are
looed. Th~e Yuma Times oflice is
completely wrecked.
Running Downx A Bark.
N; w ToIx, F-eb 18S.-Thc North
iemen Lloyd ate-amcr Ilavel, while on
her way doivn the bay this af'.ernoon,
collded with the Italian bark Mascotta,
inond fromn San Domingo city. The
lm ak ahnost inuinediately otf Buoy
Dc", near ayliidge, and three of hei
*cw were drowned. T1he steamer pro
eeeded on her was to Bremen.
Six LIves Lost.
Niw Yog, Feb. 21.-A fivestor3
dobe 't house, abetter sort of ten
.ement house, at 12'J and 131 Sands street
rookivn, burned to night and six of the
imates were burned to death. Thirty
t wo faimilies occupied the house. abot
two hundred people in all, and but fo:
he aid of the firemen many more lives
woul have been lost.
FUN IN THE HOUSE.
A LIVELY TILT BETWEEN FUNS!ON
AND BUTTERWORTH.
McMillin G1 es Four Reasons Why the
Rules of the )Louse Were Changed -The
Inmigration Bill 'acd-DiscredItable
Scenes in the House.
SWAsliINGTON, Feb.2->.-In the [Iouse
this morning McKinley, from the Com
mittee on Rules, reported a resclution
providing that to-morrow the House
shall meet at 10 o'clock and shall im
mediately proceed to the consideration
of the shipping bill, the general debate
to close at 6 o'clock. Friday the House
'shall meet at 10 o'clock and proceed to
tne consideration of the bill by para
graphs, the previous question to be
considered as ordered at 5 o'etiock.
Blount protested against this method
of doing business, but said that as a
member the Committee on Rules he
had agreed to the resolution with the
view of getting as much debate as
possible. It was the best the minority
m& -bers could make out of the situa
tion.
McMillin took the same position.
He then inveighed against the code of
rules, and asserted that the prophecy
te had made in the beginning of Con
gress had been verified. He had said
that the rules had been adopted for
four reasons: To pass an election bill
which subjected the ballot box to the
bayonet. That had been d'one. To
pass a tariff bill that should rob the
people. That had been done. To pass a
direct tax hill. That had been done. To
pass a bill placing further taxes upon
the depressed and burdened interior for
the benefit of the shipping interests.
That was about to be done.
Mills protested against the resolu
tion, which he said was in a line with
the policy of the majority. Let the
gentlemen on the other side go on with
their measures. Let them pass Acts
of Congress by proclamation instead of
legislation. Let them make their
special orders, and let the Democrats
avail themselves of every moment of
discussion to expose to the American
people the wrongs which had been per
petrated on them.
Cannon said that the House could ill
spare two days, but he had yielded to
the general desire that the shipping
bill should be considered and he had
acquiesced in the resolution. le gave
notice, however, that if the order was
made he would ask the I-louse to sit
to-night and to-morrow night for the
consideration of appropriation bills.
What the gentlemen from Texas and
Tennessee had said about the rules was
chestnuty, and chestnuts had worms in
them.
Roger.-"The people took some
worms out of your chestnuts last fall."
Cannon-"Tlnat is the 999th time you
have said that."
Richardson of Tennessee-" Why not
take the days for the appropriation
bills and let the steal go on at r ight."
Cannon-"Oh! that is so cheap."
McKinley denied that the practice of
making special orders had originated in
this Congress. It had been practiced in
every Congress since the forty-sixth, but
in former Congresses it had been done
in violation of the rule, and now it was
done against the direct authority of the
rules, The majority were responsible
for public legislation, and it should be
permitted to put its purposes into
public law to be tried only before the
great tribunal of the American people.
[Republican applause.}
"You have been tried;" "you have
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting," were some of the remarks
that came in a chorus from the Demo
cratic side.
McKinley-"I do not believe that
there is a gentleman who has studied
the causes that led to the verdict in
November who can conscientiously de
clare that it was based on the work of
this Congress."
"What was it?" queried the Demo
crats.
McIinley-"The majority on this
floor having only a few days more (de
risive laughter on the D~emocratic side)
-and all of us leave here with our
seats well filled-we propose to go on
and complete the work of the Fifty
first Congress, no matter whbat obstruc
tion may be put in our way by the gen
tlemen on that side of the chamber."
[Republican applause.]
The resolution was then adopted
yea's 130, nays 114.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the agricultural appro
priation bill.
In the course of the general debate a
controversy arose bet ween Funston of
Kansas, in charge of the bill, and
Butterworth. The latter having made
a remark which irritated Funston, he
made an attack upon Butterworb, in
which he alluded to the ollice which
Butterworth holds in the World's Fair
Commission, and said that if that gen
teman, whose name was ssociated
with the anti-option bill, had taken as
much time to for warding that measure
as he had to drawing his salary as Sec
retary of the World's Fair, the mecas
ure wvould now have been passed-a
measure which would bring great re
lief to the agriculturists. The mem
bers on both sides surrounded the two
gentlemen and thoroughly enjoyed the
Icontroversy.
Funstorn was emphatic andl vocifer
ois in his utterances, but the merri
ment was so great that his words could
not be heard. Ie declined to yield to
Butterworth, which led flogers to warn
him that he must either get out of the
ring or let the gentleman from Ohio get
over the ropes, while Spmnolas contri
bution was "Break tway."
Butterworth in his reply paid his re
spects to Funston, charging him, as
Chairman of the Cornmittee on Agri
cutlre, with neglecting the interests
of farmers. The gentleman was active
ly concerned about the anti-option bill.
A half-million farmers had askedl the
gentleman over and ever again. as
chairman of the committee, to get u p
and move the consideration of the bill.
[lad he done it ? [Cries of "No!"i Not
at all. lIe had not moved in that di
rect ion, but had stood trembling like
an aspen leaf uncler the frown of the
%peaker. [General laughter and loud
applause on the Democratic sideC.] lie
(B~utterworth) had at least the courage
of his convictions. [A pmlaus'.}
latch of Mhiesouri, after deploring
the condition of the farmers of the
country, made a speech in favor
of free coinage andl reduction of
'taxation, in which he also touched
upontheoption bill, and criti
is the majority, and especially
the Chairman of the Committee on Ag
rIculture, for not acting upon the ques
tion. The measure (had the chairman
Icalled it up) could have been passed
without one hour's debate. The rules
of the House had been made in the in
terest of the Rlepublican part; and to
prevent the consideration of great na
tional measures. The gentleman from
Ohio had said that there were but a iew
more hours of this Congress. Thank
God for it. [Democratic applause.]
I. pinola-'-Iay it on, brot her. [Laugh
i atch-" We wvill all join in the dox
ology next Wednesday."-[Laughter.}
Then bill ws then considered by para
araphs, but without ehsposing of the
nlcasure the committee rose.
(;ibon: of Maryland announced feel
ingv the d-at.h of .inaA1)r Wilson, eu
io-rizinig his life aitd cliaracter.
The ilmnibration bill was then taken
up, the pending question being on
)ate's sb.i it ute. wich was rejected
p.,s .> n ixs 2o..1. The bill was Then
passed.
The Iouse then. us a mark of respect
to the memory o! the dh-ceased, ad
jourued to mt at 8 o'clock this even
ing.
An Excitin scerte.
Sr. LoUIs, Feb. 23.--- special from
Little tlock. A rk., says that a tremend
ous uproar occurred in the lower branch
of the Legislature to-day during the dis
cussion of the resolution ordering the
arrest of ex-Treasurer Woodruff. White
of Nevada offered a resolution on the
subject "requesting the Governor to
cause the apprehension, not only of
Woodruff, but all other persons con
nected with him in the use of the State
fund::."
Otey of Lee County, chairman of the
Judiciary committee made a strong ar
gument in favor of the adoption of the
resolution, in which he referred to the
position taken by certain members in
delaying measures intended to vindicate
the laws of the State.
lon. Daniel A Jones of Pulaski, took
offense at Oteys statement, saying they
were aimed at him, but he exclaimed,
pointing at Otey: "If the gentle
man from Lee will make the statement
direct that in this matter, or any other,
my actions have been controlled by im
proper motives I would not hesitate to
say to him as Douglass said to Angus,
"Lord Angus thou hast lied."
Otev-"And I would say to the man
who would make a charge of that kind
against me that he is a coward."
"Then I say to you, sir, that you are
a liar," yelled Jones. "And you are a
coward," exclaimed Otey.
Several members sprang to their feet
and in their attempt to gain the floor,
the greatest confusion prevailed for
several minutes which the Speaker had
great difficulty in suppressing.
Another breeze was occasioned later
on in the debate when Wimberly, amu
tual friend, attempted to snooth the
matter over by saying Otey had apolo
gized. The latter sprung to his feet and
vehemently denied that he had apolo
gized. Jones had not placed him in a
position where an apology could be
expectedand lie wanted the House to
understand:that he had made no apol
ogy.
Murdered For Money.
CHERAw, Feb. 20.-News reached
here last night of a most horrible mur
der committed near Society lill last
Monday. A Mr. Goodson, a prominent
citizen of that community, owed a Mr.
Griggs, who lived only a few miles dis
tant. 500. Mr. Goodson counted the
money in the presence of a negro named
Green, who had been in his employ for
several years, and Mr. Goodson's daugh
ter started to carry the money to Mr.
Griggs. Before going far Miss Good
son was overtaken by the same negro
Green. who cut her throat, took the five
hundred dollars and threw her dead body
in Black Creek, a stream dividing Dar
lington and Chestertield counties. When
Miss Goodson failed to return home at
the groper time search was instituted,
and yesterday her body was found in
Black Creek. Suspicion was at once
placed upon the negro Green. le was
captured in Florence and brought here
iast night. Green acknowledged killing
iss Goodson and surrendered S460 of
the money when captured. le is now
in Chesterfield jail.
Polk Against Cleveland.
W AsrNGOo, D). C., Feb. 19.-Col. L
L. Polk, president of the National
Farmers' Alliance, who has just re
turned from a trip through the south
and southwest, was asked his opinion
as to Cleveland's chances in 1892. He
considered that Cleveland's coinage
letter, whether so intended or not,
came as a timely ally to monopolists in
their herculean efforts to defeat the
silver bill. Cleveland may, through
corrulpt manipulation of money and
political intrigue, be forced upon his
party, but, on that point the alliance
people are little concerned, for, if he
be the nominee of any party, he will
utterly fail in securing the votes of the
"industrial" organizations of the coun
try. No man will get ther votes for
president of the United States unless
he is in accord with them on the meas
ures they seek to promote. To use a
populair phrase, Mr. Cleveland has suc
ceeded in placing himself on the top
shelf of back numbers.
Fleods In the Far West.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-News
was receivedl this afthrnoon by the South
ern Paciice manager that Yuma, Ari
zoina, is cert auily doomed. At 2 o'clock
the railroad og erator warned the oflice
here that he could stay at his key only
half an hour longer, as the water was
rising so rapidly that it would soon
swee p a say the ollice. At that time the
water in the Colorado was up to thirty
four feet two inches. live feet higher
than the 1100(d mark of 1861, and the
highest ever known here. The Colora
do and Gdla are both raging torrents,
bringings down portions of houses, trees
and dead animals. The water has reach
ed the sills of the five hundred-foot rail
road bridge across the Colorado River,
and it is exp~ected1 tihe bridge will go
doYn.
Ile Should b~e Lyhched.
!fIcllmoNi>, Va.. Feb. 26.-A horrible
crime was commlfitted here last night.
As Ilessie Pulling, a little white girl,
eleven years of age, was passing along
al unfrequented street about 6;:30 o'clock
she wa accosted by a big negro man.
who placed his hand over her mouth,
and after dragging her into an old flow
r garden near by, choked her until par.
tial insensibility and committed an out
rage on her. Shte was horribly mutilat
ed, and lies in a precarious condition.
When the crime became known indig
nation became intense, and if the villain
is caught he will be lynched. The mayox
has offered a reward of $200) for his ap
nreensionl.
The Ilcorrors, of WVar.
hUEnxos Avium>. Feb. 26.-Later ad
vices from Chilte state that after the
bomb ardmient of Iquique the insurgents
entered the city and attacked the storeb
and residences on six of the plrincipa]
suares, wrecking them completely. A~
great nlumrber of women and childrer
were sheltered in these building, bi
their cries of distress were unheeded anc
the insurgents, who seemed to be wilc
with the spirit of destruction, continued
their work of lire and blood undindered
t is known that 200 pers5ons perished
mostiv- women and children, in the ruins
Th'le custom house and all the principa:
houses wvere plundered. After the sur
render of the city it was occupied by
strong insuirgenit force.
A Nice Plum for Chamiberlain.
(Cl H'RLV'sTox. Fecb. 26.-The oflicia:
oder appointing Chamberlain receives
of the C harleston, Cincinnati and Chi
cago Roamd wats tiled in the Unitef
Stite.Court to-day. Under this orde1
Chad mberlain has control of the road ir
thi sState, North Carolina and Vir
gina.
BLACKBURN ON CLEVELAND.
He thinks Cleveland's Letter Againt
Free Silver HIas Ruined ilis Chiances.
LOUIsv ILLE, Ky., Feb. 23.---In a re
cent letter to Colonel Nobles at 'adii
eah, Ky., Senator Blackburn says: "In
the light of the publication of Cleve
land's recent letter antagonizing his
party on the silver question, I do not
believe there is a Dernocratic member
of the Spnate who would favor his
nomination for the Presidency, or who
believes that it would be pcssible to
elect him in 1892 if nominated No or
ganization is effected or attempted
here, hostile to him, but there is now
out one opinion as to his lack of abili
ty. I have no personal objection to
Cleveland in the world, but I am not
and never will be in favor of the nomi
nation of any man who Is not in ac
cord with our party upon the great is
sue upon which it is to be endorsed or
rejected. I do not believe that any
man can be elected President in 1892
who is opposed to free silver coinage.
The people have been tritled with long
enough on this subject. The truth is
that for twenty-five years past Ne.;
York has never furnished a Democratic
leader who has not been in thorough
accord with Wall street and at ya
riance with the masses of the people.
This was as true of Tilden as it is true
of Cleveland. I have longed to see the
day when the Democrats might elect a
President of this country without pay
ing the tribute that New York always
levied. I think that the time is at
hand. I have no favorite candidate,
but only insist that he shall be a fair
and honest representative of Demo
cratic sentiment. In my judgment in
the light of the discussion existing
among :,he New Y.rk Democrats it
would be 'lnwise to select any New
York man. However we cannot tell
what two months may produce. I am
a party man, as you know, and my
party candidate will be my candidate,
but I both believe and trust that no
nomination will be made in '92 of a
man who upon vital issues antagonizes
the Lentiment of the overwhelming
majority of the party. What I am and
I always have been-a pronounced sil
ver man-as you wedl know, and upon
that issue I never expect to change my
views. Very truly yours,
J. S. C. BLACKBURN.
Women Who Want to Vote.
WAsHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The twenty
third annual convention of the -Nation
al American Woman's Suffrage Asso
ciation was begun this morning at Al
breunh's Opera House. The stage set
tmg had not been changed since the ad
journment of the Woman's Council last
night, except that at the back of the
stage hung three large flags of red,
white and blue. Instead, however, of
the regulation number of stars in the
blue field, there was only one in gold,
representing Wyoming, the irst of the
States to allow suffrage to wo-men. The
same large audience that has character
ized the meetings of the Woman's Coun
cil during the first four days of the week
was present this morning.
Susan B. Anthony read the address
of the President, Elizabeth Cadey Stan
ton, who is now in England. The an
nouncement by Miss Anthony that
Mrs. Stanton would in June next, return
to live her remaining years fir AmErfia
was received with enthusiastic applause.
The subject of her address was "The
degradation of disfranchisement." The
addess was an actual statement of the
political status of women to-day and a
strong argument in favor of universal
suffrage.
The whole number of States and Ter
ritories represented at the Convention is
thirty, and the number of offlicers and
delegates present is 122.
Mrs. Ha-rison gave the delegates to
the Woment Council a reception at the
White House this evening, and to-night
at Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago the
oflicers of the Woman's Council and the
New England Woman's Press Associa
tion were given a reception by the Wo
man's Press Association of Washington.
. A Brute Butchered.
WASH INGTON, Pa., Feb. 26.-M. R.
West, the negro murderer of the Church
family, paid the penalty of his crime on
the scafl'old this afternoon. Early this
mopiing West made a desperate attempt
at skide. He pulled the cover of his
cot over him and jabbed a steel suike
about six inches long into his throat.
Physicians wers called, and the weapon
removed; but for a tiue it was feared he
had succeeded in cheating the gallows.
He remamned unconscious until 1.10 this
afternoon, and was led to the scaffold at
2.30 in an almost dying condition. The
Sirst attemp at execution proved a failnre,
as tile rope broke. The second drop
occurred at 2.39, and at 2.48 West wvas
dead. The crime for which West was
hung is one of the most brutal ever per
petrated in this state. On May 13 last
he killed John Church, aged 81: his wife,
Elizabeth, aged 79, and their son, age
45, breaking their necks with a heavy
hickory club.
The Tag Tax Collector.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 22.-Since the
law went into effect in December requir
ing that the money for tag tax on fertil
izers shall be paid directly into the
State treasury, $37.272,74 has been re
ceived by State Treasurer Bates. The
entire tag tax collections for the ilscal
year, from November 1, 1889) to Oc':ober
31, 150, as shown by the report of Com
missioner Butler, wvas $412,169,85. So
that it is seen that the collections for
the tag tax since they have been paid
directly to the State Treasurer are only
84,897.11 less than the amonnt collected
for the whole past fiscal year. It will
Ibe interesting to note at the close of the
present fiscal year how much increased
revenue from this single source will
come in as the result of the vigilant ef
fort now adopted for the detection and
punishment of the parties who have
been seeking to evade the payment of
the tax.-Register.
A Colorado Episode.
SALInA, COL., Feb. 22.-Last nigh
P'at Sullivan, a conductor, saw Oliver
Reilly, a workman 'arryinig away a big
chunk of coal. 'This was against the
company's orders. and Sullivan ordered
the man to drop the coal, which Reilly
refused to do. Words were exchanged,
when Reilly drew a rev':.lver and shot
Sullivan In the side, inilicting a wound
that caused his death soon after. Thie
murderer was at once arrested, and
owing to threats of lynching, a hundred
deputies were stationed to protect the
jail. About 10 o'clock a mob of about
200 made a rush for the jail, but were
beaten off, and two of the number shot
and killed. An hour later another at
tack was made. One of the guards was
killed and the others overpowered. T he
murderer was taken out andl hanged to
a coal chute, and his body riddled with
bullets.
A Father Kiled by His son.
Ricuhown, Va., Feb. 20.-A spec
ial from Fredericksburg states that
Michael McCracken was shot and in
stantly killed thIs evening by his son
Thomas. The father was nailing a sign
on his store when the quarrel took place.
Ihis son procured a shiotgzun and dis
charged both barrels, the loads taking
effect in his father's right side. Thomas
was aesteand laerd- in jil.
110W DID IT GET TIERE?
THE REPORTED D1SCOVZ&iY OF A
KING'S TOMB OUT WEST.
To iYhat People Did He nelong and
When Did They Live--A Very Imuport
ant Di-covery i( it. Proves True.
CRITTENDEN. ARiz.. Feb. 23.
While reinoviu-g earth for the fbundatuon
of the new hotel to be erected bv lar
mon & 'Jrouks thcre was discovered
what seems to be the tomb of a kinz,
though of what people it would doubt
less puzzle an an tiquarian to say. The
workmen had penetrated at some eiht
feet below the surface of the ground
what they took to be stone of a soft.
iriable nature, which was evidently ma
sonry of a very superior workmanship
when they reached the tomb itsclf.
This was composed of large sauare
blocks of stone, which was ident.ified as
red or rose granite, and cemented to
gether with such skill as to at first cause
the whole, measure 12 by 15 feet, to ap
pear as a solid mass. The opening of
this, while very diflicult, as the use of
powder was probitited by Mr. Henrick
sen, who, as a learned archmeologist, was
placed in charge of the exhumation by
the authorities, was accomplished by
night, when the interest and curiosity of
the party was so great that the work
was continued by lamplight till dawn.
The tomb, when opened, was found
to contain a gigantic image of a man ly
ing at full length and made of clay
mixed with a sort of preparation which
gives a bright blue color and a slight
elasticity, the whole appearing to have
been subjected to great heat. The im
age represents the naked figure, except
for a very tight girdle abont the waist, a
pair of close-fitting sandals and a crown
on the head shaped very much like a
bishop's mitre, but topped with the head
of a hawk or eagle.
The features are roughly moulded, ot
an imperious cast, and of a man in mid
dle age, with a prominent nose and a
very wide mouth, but with cheek bones
so low as to preclude all idea that the
original could have been an Indian.
The hands, which are as small as a wo
man's, and bear on the backs the head
of the bird, as on the crown, are crossed
on the breast and hold an image about
three inches long of a squatting figure,
probably that of a god. The feet are
also crossed, the right presenting the
peculiarity of possessing a sixth toe,
which the sandal is cut to bring into
prominence, as if the owner had prided
himself on it. The hair of the image is
dressed in thick curls on both sides ot
the head. reaching to the shoulders, and
brought down to the brows over the fore
head.
Careful examination of this clay fig
ure revealed that it was merely the elab
orate coffin of the real body and could be
opened from the back. This was done
with care so as not to disturb the remains
within, but a few handfuls of dust, dark
brown and almost impalpable powder, is
-al that was left of the body. The crown,
however, together with the gi1rdle,
the image of the god, and a large
battle axe with a blade of sharp glass
or obsidian, and a handle of petrified
wood were found in the coflin.
The crown is of thick red gold, carved
with minute but will executed drawings,
representing battle scenes. triumphal
marches and other pictures, the meaning
of which is somewhat misty, but in all
th8 principal figure is that of a man
with six toes on his right foot. The
workmanship of the whole crown is very
ine, and the bird's head on top is a mas
terpiece worthy of Cellinm. It holds in
its mouth magnificent Chalchuites or
green diamond, valued by the Aztecs.
which shows some attempt at lapidifica
ton.
The girdle found is composed of plates
of gold arranged like scales and very
thin, so as to give with every movement
of the wearer's bodly. On each of these
plates, which is in shape a half eclipse,
is engraved a figure or hierogylphics,
conveying, however, no hint of their
meaning in their form. The image of
what is presumably a god is made of
clay combined with the preparalion
spoken of before, and also burnt till
thoroughly hardened. It represents a
male being seated on a pedestal in a
squatting posture, its eyes squinting and
grinning in hideous mirth, while both
hands are over the ears as if to shut o ut
sound.
A peculiar thing about this image is
that its hair is representedI as hanging
down its back in one long plat like a
Chinaman's. The figure is hollow, but
contained only a half dozen small black
pebbles slightly polished and a some
what larger stone of a dull gray hue.
The coffin and these relics are now on
cx: ibition at the court house and are to
be donated to the State museum
of history and archteolgy at Tucson. No
clue of any value as to what race the re
mains are to be ascribed can be found,
but it is probable that it was one ante
dating the A ztlan and even the mound
builders, and superior to both in the
kowledge of masonry, sculpture and
the working of metal.
Buried on His Wedding Day.
YORtKvILLE, S. C., Feb. 19.-The fune
ral of MIr. F. H appertield, a wealthy cit
izen and ex-Mayor of this city, took
place at the hour to-day which had been
ixed for his marriage to one of the most
charming belles of York County.
3Mr. Hlapperlield, who was a grocer and
roprietor of the marble works, lost his
tife last August by death. lie soon
found consolation in the sympathy of
Miss Russell, which developed into an
engagement of marrilage, and to-day was
set by the bride-elet for the ceremony.
A week ago the aged groom took to
bed with sick-ness from which death en
sued, and to-day 31iss lBussell wa.s chief
mourner insteaed of bride.
Terrible Mine Explosion.
SrlniG IIIL L, C'outy Aline, Feb. 21.
-An explosion took place in the West
side of East St. Lope this atternoon.
Already five dead bodies have been
taken out. Th le rescuing party is now
working hard for the purpose of restor
ing the ventilation in the mine, It is
feared that a great nimny miners have
been killed, but thus far it has been im
possible to reach more than the bodies
of live. It is thought that fully thirty
men and boys are still in the mine
Among th~e missing is MIanager Swift
who has not been seen since the explo
sion. The loss of life caused by the explo
sion is appalling. It is now feared thai
seventy men anid boys are dead
T wenty-nine dead bodies have been re
covered. ___
Horrible, if True.
M1auisEILLEs, Feb. 25.-The captair
of a steamship which arrived here fron
MIadagascar reports that as a result of
revolt upon the part of the natives, th4
governor of Nossibee, an island an
Frencn colony off the northwest coas
of M1adagascar, has caused the execu
tion of over a hundred rebels, who, witi
hse wives anr1 childiren were killed.
DEFEATED BY WOMEN.
In:alls Now Know Were to Lay Ihe
lane.
W A S 1 IN GTON, Feb. 24.-The general
subiect o' temperance occupied the at
tention of the Woman's National Coun
cI today. Mrs. J. Eiieu Foster. presi
0ent 0; the Non-Partisan National
Woman's Chrisuian Temperanca Uuion,
and Mrs. Mar3 T. Lathropl.representing
as a delegate the National Woman's
Christiai Tem.)erance Union, were the
principal speakers.
Mrs. Mary E. Leabe, of Kansas, also
spoke. In be-ioinr, she addressed her
seif to "Madame President, friends and
fellow-citizens." She said she used the
term with pardonable pride, when she
remembered that the Alliance leazue has
aiven to women of her suntlower. hum
anity-loving, temperance-loving State of
Kansas the right of political suffrage.
She spoke of the condition of ifairs in
Kansas, and referred to Ingalls as the
"man that we women of Kansas had the
greit pleasure of defeating."
The subject assigned to Mrs. Lease
was "Women in the Farmers' Alliance."
She said. however, that the subject could
not be intelligently discussed nor fully
understood until the necessity for the
formation of the Farmers' Alliance is
first shown. Cotinuing she said:
"It must be evident to every intelligent
man and woman today that there is
something radically wrong in the affairs
of this nation. It must be evident to every
thinking man and woman that we have
reached a crisis in the affairs of the na
tion which is of more importance, more
fraught with mighty consequence for the
weal or woe of the American people
than was even that crisis that engaged
the attention of the people in the dark
and bleeding days of civil strife. My
friends, the iash of the slave driver's
whip is no longer heard in this country,
but the lash of necessity is driving
thousands to unrequited toil. The con
scienceless capitalist is robbing manhood
of its prime, mothers of their motherhood
and sorrowful children of sunshine and
of joy. We have a land where the boun
teous hand of nature has given wound
erful heritage to each and every one, and
yet in this land of plenty and unlimited
resources the cry of humanity is going
up from every corner of the nation, the
piaint of motherhood, the moans of
starving children.
Capital buys and sells today the very
heart beats of humanity. For one hun
dred years the speculators, landrobbers,
pirates and gamblers of this nation have
knocked unceasingly at the door of Con
gress and Congress has in every instance
acceded to their demands. They have
gotten money out of the treasury
amounting to tens of millions of dollars.
They were permitted to tap the veins of
trade and commerce and withdreaw from
the body politic the circulating medium
which is the life-blood af the nation, and
our lawmakers term these acts constitu
tional.''
In conclusion the speaker said:
"The Farmers' Alliance numbers
half a million, who are loyal white-rib
boners, the majority of them, and I say
it with thnnks to Almight* God. that
our Allianee representatiaves arethe
only men in the councils of the nation
today, who have not been elected on the
liquor platform."
The Oftendina Fertilizer Companies.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 21.-The
following are the names of the com
panies without the State who have been
coarged with violatg the law of this
State in relation to tagging fertilizers :
The Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer
Company of Virginia; G. Ober & Sons,
Baltimore, Md.; Durham Fertilizer
Company of Richmond, Va.
The vigorous prosecution of all those
who are violatmng the laws in this respect
is: having a wholesome effect, as is
shown by the fact that $1,500 for tags
has been received since the recent arrests
were made.
A gentleman from Fairfield, who is
largely engaged in planting, stated in
conversation a day or two ago that lhe
had never seen any tags on any fertil
izers purchased by him, except on one
lot, and tuien the circumstance of their
being there was so unusual that the
negroes thought that it must have been
an inferior lot. From this it may be
fairly inferred that in many instances in
the ~past the tags have been taken oft
before reaching the consignee and return
ed to the shippers for reuse. All of this
goes to show that the course now pur
sued by the authorities is a wise one.
Register. _________
A Fatal Newspaper War.
COLUMBUs, 0., Feb 23.--W. J.
Elliott, editor of the Sunday Capital. and
his brother, P. J. Elliott, met F. W.
Levering, editor of the Sunday World,
and A. C. Osborne, one of his reporters,
on Higzh street, shortly after noon to
day, and a fusilade of shooting began
Osborne was killed, P. J. Elliott hit
in the head and arm, and W. J. Elliot t
injured. A by-stander named Hughes
and a newsboy named Sucly were killed.
Trouble arose from articles appearmng
n the papers named. and the shooting
was done in the midst of a crowd gath
cred to see thle Washington birthday
parade.
His Lire Valued at $44,500.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 20,-In
the case of R. E. Sanders against the
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham
Railroad, on trial in the Circuit Court at
Jasper, in Walker County, the jury to
day save a verdict for the plaintiff 01
844.5300. It was the largest verdict for
damages ever given in the State. San
ders was killed in a collision last Octo
ber on the: outskirts of Birmingham,
when a large number of others were
killed and woundled. Hie lived in Walk
er County. -
Hinl Can't Carry New York.
SAN ANTONIo, Texas. Feb. 19.-Ex
Mayor W. 11. Grace of New York, who
'is 'on a visit here, said to-day: "The
political issue is the tariff, and Grover
Cleveland, who was and is the greatest
leader of the Democracy, and wh o had
the courage to make that issue, is the
man to lead his party to victory under
its banner, and the only one. Giov. ilill
cannot carry New York, and not only
can Cleveland carry New York, but all
of the States necessary to secure to the
country a Democratic Pre sident.'
D eath Claimed the Bride
DCUUQUE1lA.,Feb.20.-dohnSchnei
der, liv.ing at Dycksville, Wis., at
tempted to ford a small stream on his
w ay to town Tuesday. The sleigh was
oerturned, and Schneider's daughter,
who was going to town to purchase
her bridal trosseau, was drowned.
Schneider held the reins tight, and the
horses pulled him ashore.
A Whole Family Urowned.
KANsas CITY, Mo.. Feb.23-Frederick
W arner, a fisherman. lived with his wife
and five children on the bank of the
river. T he flood undermined his house
Saturday night and it fell into the river.
The whole family was drowned.
TlE LuGil r TO VOTE.
THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THREE
STATES TO BE INVESTIGATED.
The Laws of Mamachusetts, Mississippi
and Idaho Declared to be in Violation
of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution.
WAsmIxoro, Feb. 2(.-Mr. Caswell,
of Wisconsin, submitted to the House
to-day the report of the majority of
the House committee on the judiciary
on the resolution of Mr. Houke, of
Tennessee, instructing the committee
to inquire into and report to the House
if any of the States are violating the
second section of the fourteenth
amend ment to the Constitution.
The resolution, the report says, re
quires the committee to inquire and
report to the House whether any of the
States, by their constitutions or legis
lative enactments, have denied to or
abridged the right of any citizen to
vote, so as to bring them within this
clause of the Constitution.
The committee have not deemed it
necessary, tie report says, as a prelim
inary step to the adoption of the reso
lution by the House, to make an ex
tended inquiry into the constitutions
or legislative enactment of all the
States bearing upon the subject, but
deem it sufficient to refer to two in
stances, leaving further investigation
to be pursued, should the resolution be
adopt-d.
In their judgment, they say, the con
stitutions of the States of Massachu
setts and Mississippi are clearly with
in the provisions of this section of the
Constitution.
The report, after referring to the
constitutions of Massachusetts and
Mississippi, says that the fourteenth
amendment is broad and comprehen
sive in its terms whenever the right to
vote of any male citizen of any State
over twenty-one years of age, and not
abridged by crime is denied.
The attention of the committee, the
report says, has been called to the legis
lative enactments in several States, but
no special attention has been given
them, as the majority believe that the
instances cited are sufficient to show
that the resolution should pass and 'a
thorough investigation of its subject
be had.
A minority report, signed by.Messrs.
Oats, Culbertson, Henderson, Wilson
and Stewart, protesting against the
passage of the resolution, says the com
mittee in their report assume that
some of the male citizens of Mississip
pi and Massachusetts who are over
twenty-one years of age, and not dis
franchised for crime, are by the constia
tutions of those States denied the
right to vote. This may be true, but
we cannot shut our eyes to the fact
that the constitution of Mississippi
has not gone into operation, and that
there is no law by which the commit
tee can legally ascertain the number of
voters disfranchised. There has never
been any legislation by Congress pro
viding means by which there may be
ascertained, for other causes thangar
tTiafion-in feWeliofi. 6Cotlier crihe,
the number disfranchised in any State.
Presumptions are worthless in such a
grave matter. Legal proof must be
had to a reasonable certainty, and until
such legislation is enacted it is utterly
futile to adopt a resolution such as re
ported, because it cannot be complied
with.
Mr. Rodgers, besides signing the mi
nority report, also submits a report
giving additional reasons why the res
olution should not pass. Mr. Rodgers,
in opening his report, says that pre
cisely what the learned and expe
rienced author of the resolution de
sired the committee to inquire into
was evidently, at the time it was de
feated, in a state of impenetrable nu.
bulosity in his own mind, and the reso
ltion itself has the inherent and un
mistakable evidence of being the pre
mato're offspring ot a chronic attack
of political strabismus, doubtless great
ly aggravated by the humiliating dis
appointments in the results of last No
vember's elections and the haunting
gad fly of memories of election cases
in the present Congress.
Mr. Rodgers revie ws the constitutions
of Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ver
ment, Connecticut. Kansas and Idaho,
and says that of all the States, the one
whose constitution is the most flagrant
ly offensive to the second amendment
to the 14th amendment is our sweet
little sister, Idaho, who was brought
into Statehood by this Congress under
a cloud of dlisloyalty to the constitu
tion, after long labor and successful
performance of the Casarean operation
by the Speaker, now known as "count
ing a constitutional quorum," and now
stands most prominent and deserving
of the consideration of the majority of
the committee.
There are quite a number of other
States, says Mr. Rodgers, whose con
stitutional laws restrict suffrage for
other causes than "participation in re
bellion or other crimes, and according
to the language of the resolution, .
therefore, violate this action of the
constitution," and, according to the re
port of the majority, and clearly with
in the proyisions of this section.
In conclusion. Mr. Rodgers says that
in view of the fact that only four of
the committee voted for the favorable
report of the resolution, the chairman
not voting and not being counted, as
the rules of the House permit, and the
point of no quorum not being made, he
recommended that the resolution be
iaid on the table.
Meets His Match.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-A special to
the Herald from Athens, Ga., says: An
express messenger who arrived here
last night says that John L. Sullivan
was knocked out by a train hand named
Townsend, on the Georgia Railroad
regular passenger train Tuesday. Sulli
van andi his company were on their
way to Macon, Ga., from Columbia, S.
C. Sullivan' was in bad humor, and
when Townsend came through the car
in which he sat, he began to abuse him.
Townsend stood it awhile, and then
jumped on the big feiicw. He blacked
sullivan's eve and choked him before
he was pulled oil. Townsend weighs
only 135 pounds. but is very game.
Sullivan, after the~ whipping, tried to
bluff his opponent out of the car, but
Townsend sfaid in the car, and Sulli
van soon after calmed down.
The Phosphate Royalty.
CHIARLESToN, Feb. 20.-Attorney
Genernl Pope passed through the city
on his way to Beaufort this afternoon.
While here he was urged to indicate
an approx! nation to the amount which
the P'hosphate Commission intended to
raise the royalty on rock, but replied
that he could cive no Imformation on
that head. The phosphate marker here
is all unsettled by the action of the
Commission. Miners says that the no
tilication that the royalty wvill be raised
over the $1 per ton rate is no notice at
all, as the lg'ures are not indicated, and
that the state of things will put an
ae ndi alcontracts for rock abroad.